Tim Donnelly is latest GOP candidate with spotty voting record

California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Republican candidate for governor, hasn’t voted in nearly half the elections in which he was eligible since 1995, according to voter records from the San Bernardino County registrar of voters.

The records show that Donnelly, a resident of Twin Peaks, hasn’t voted in 18 out of 37 elections since 1995 — including the contentious 2003 California recall.

The conservative founder of the anti-illegal immigration group the California Minutemen has voted in several elections since taking an interest in state politics, records show — he was elected to the Assembly in 2010. But before that, he missed numerous local and state elections, which typically include issues regarding schools, taxes and local representation.

A Chronicle story earlier this month reported that the other GOP gubernatorial candidate, Neel Kashkari,
also had a spotty voting record. The former Treasury Department official has not voted in nearly half the elections in which he was eligible since 1998, records showed.

Donnelly “voted in every Presidential election since at least 2000, and he voted in every Gubernatorial contest since at least ’06 (election of Governor Schwarzenegger).”
“He also voted in the GOP Primary for Governor between Whitman/Poizner, and also the General Election Gubernatorial contest between Whitman/Jerry Brown.”
“He also voted in elections where there was major ballot initiatives (’08 Prop. 8, etc.) Therefore, he voted in the elections in which there were pressing issues facing our state (Governor’s races, major budget and social ballot initiatives, etc.)”
“It appears he may have missed a few of the local elections…but that may have simply been due to his travel schedule, raising 5 children, and running a small business at the time.”

Here are the voter files for Donnelly forwarded to us by Audilia Lozada of the San Bernardino County registrar’s office: